Thursday marked the 20th anniversary of the Indian Ocean tsunami that claimed the lives of about 230,000 people.

Wednesday’s talks between Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya and his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi confirmed their desire to ...

A large white snake painted on a giant ema wooden wishing plaque will greet new year visitors to Kawagoe Hachimangu shrine in ...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s main opposition party submitted a motion on Thursday to impeach the country’s acting ...

School libraries are important places for children to learn about the appeal of books and the significance of reading. Their ...

If those who have the courage to blow the whistle on wrongdoing in an organization suffer ill-treatment, no one will be able ...

Tanigawadake Ropeway, which is often used by hikers and skiers visiting Mt. Tanigawa located on the border between Gunma and ...

More and more companies are turning out “super apps,” which allow people to make payments, shop online and more through a ...

Efforts are spreading in Miyagi Prefecture to bring back seagrass beds damaged by the March 2011 huge earthquake and tsunami, ...

Two new baby lizards have hatched at the Los Angeles Zoo, the first of their species to be bred there, zoo officials said Dec ...

Pakistan’s airstrikes on eastern Afghanistan killed 46 people, mostly women and children, a Taliban government official said ...

The fate of President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet is still unclear after Republican senators spent much of December ...